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More than a week after the terrorist attacks on Brussels, protesters from the left and right are defying a ban on demonstrations and the Brussels airport, the site of one of the deadly bombings, announced it will partially reopen on Sunday.


Authorities also announced they have charged a third man with participating in 

a foiled plot for a terrorist attack in France

The attacks in Brussels on March 22 struck the airport and a metro station in Belgium's capital, killing 35 people and leaving more than 300 wounded. The bombings were claimed by the Islamic State.

 with terrorism in connection to the attack.
The airport has been closed since the attacks, but on Sunday — 12 days after the bombings --- it will reopen and 

Meanwhile, Belgian authorities are cracking down on protesters — both far-left and far-right — who are defying a ban on demonstrations.

On Saturday police handcuffed a man in Molenbeek, the Brussels neighborhood with a large Muslim community that "served as the departure point" for many of the Paris and Brussels attackers, the AP reports. A far-right demonstration had been planned for that neighborhood.

Police, including some mounted on horseback, also moved on a counterprotest planned in central Brussels, the wire service notes.

NPR's Russell Lewis reported for our Newscast unit from the city center:


Also on Saturday, Belgian prosecutors offered an update on another terrorist investigation. After the attacks in Brussels, authorities in France and Belgium announced that they had 

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On Saturday, the Belgian prosecutor's office charged a third man — a Belgian they identified as "Y.A." — with participating in the activities of a terrorist group, in association with that alleged plot, the AP reports.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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On Sunday, 12 days after the deadly attacks on Brussels, the airport is partially reopening. Meanwhile, authorities are cracking down on protests and named another suspect in a foiled plot on Paris.

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